
Continuity mistake: In the deleted scene where Elwood goes into the manager's office to quit, right before he walks in the door he sets his briefcase down, it is slightly crooked and in the center of the floor. When he goes to leave it is sitting straight and further to the left. (00:42:45)
Answer: It was a double, and the "making of" documentary on the DVD shows this.
David Mercier
To be fair, John did do a lot of flips and dancing as Jake; just not all of them in the movie.